[CAUT] What to do???

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 Our annual range is from around 10% to 60%.

Alan


 


 

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That's good to hear. ?But, ?what
about seasonal changes from 70% to 15%?? That's what I'm worried about.



Paul



I'm out for today, but please, everyone
chime in and I'll see it in the morning! ?Thanks!! pw
















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Hi Paul, 



Every winter we have to contend with RH?below 30%
almost all of the time and under 20% for a good deal of it. ?It goes
with out saying that this is bad for pianos (and string instruments, reeds,
organic drum heads and the like). ?We have many Yamahas and some Steinways,
Bosendorfers, Falcones and Baldwins. ? They have all unquestionably
suffered from this extreme seasonal fluctuation, yet there are no separated
ribs (that I am aware of), and a few compression ridges, but no opened
soundboard cracks (yet). ?As for tuning stability, like the guy from
Joisey sez, "Fa-ge-da-bou-dit."



Alan Eder





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From: Paul T Williams <pwilliams4 at unlnotes.unl.edu>

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Sent: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 2:51 pm

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Hi all! 



I always appreciate your input. ?Here's a new twist...




Our building is currently dangerously dry. ?When Richard West was
here, the administrative secretary always told him to contact the "facilities"
people, directly, across campus who controls the campus buildings to turn
on the steam to remedy the situation. I was also told this when I started
to do this and and have, regularly. This year, ? I have tried for
the last 3 weeks to do this with no=2 0results. ?Our humidity, now,
is below 20% and the pianos have gone completely wacky as you can imagine.




After sending several messages to facilities, I got no results. ?I
sent another to our director, and another to the senior vice chancellor
( a customer of mine for her personal piano) and other esteemed folks.
?I got a "cease ?correspondance" message back from
our director.(probably embarassed) ?He now states that I have to report
to the finance/business director, who responds to him, who responds to
the Dean of Fine Arts, who then calls facilities to turn on the humidity!!!!!!
?Is this the biggest load of political crap you've ever heard of??
He states that I have to go through the channels of authority to get anything
done in "such a large university:. ?With this crap, I might see
the steam turned on in January!!!! If ever....How come Richard was able
to just get the steam turned on? 



I now fear cracking boards, loose ribs, separating bridges, failing glue
joints of every kind, and the like. ?I then went to the "finance/business
manager" (?) and she said bluntly that she had no time to deal with
this issue today. 



Should I just throw up my hands and say, "whatever"? or should
I go to Home Depot and buy 110 buckets to put water in and set them under
each piano to try to help them through their "hospice"????


HELP!!!! 



Paul 




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